Blakelock, E.S., 2015. Examination of cross sections through a selection of gold objects from the Staffordshire Hoard, Unpublished report for Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Joint editor

Joint editor for Historical Metallurgy Vol 48 titled ‘Iron and Ironworking’, editors Sarah Paynter, Eleanor Blakelock and Paul Belford. This is the conference proceedings from the Archaeometallurgy conference held in Bradford in 2009 in honour of Gerry McDonnell.

2014

Reports

Blakelock, E.S., 2014. A comparative study of XRF and SEM-EDX analysis of gold/silver/copper alloys at the Birmingham Museum Trust and the British Museum laboratories, British Museum Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, Science Report PR07444-9.

Blakelock, E.S., 2014. Phase 2 of the analysis of selected gold items from the Staffordshire Hoard and of contemporary Anglo-Saxon objects from the British Museum and Stoke-on-Trent Potteries Museum and Art Gallery: a study of gold compositions and surface enrichment, British Museum Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, Science Report PR07444-15.

A series of reports for the British Museum on a range of Anglo-Saxon objects, which can be requested from the Science Department at the Museum. This includes extensive ones on the shoulder clasps from Sutton Hoo (PR07533-26), the Desborough necklace (PR07533-18) and Market Rasen set (PR07533-11).

Articles

Blakelock, E.S. 2012. Cutting Edge of Technology: How the archaeometallurgical analysis of iron knives provides an understanding of the nature of iron technology in past societies. Archaeological Review from Cambridge. 66-84.

Book Chapter

McDonnell, G., Blakelock, E.S., Rubinson, S.R., Chabot, N., Daoust, A.B. and Castagnino, V. 2012. The iron economy of Saxon Wharram Percy: modelling the Saxon iron working landscape. In Wrathmell, S. (ed.) Wharram. A study of Settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds, XIII. A History of Wharram Percy and its Neighbours. York: York University Archaeological Publications.